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Now Accepting Submissions: Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume 2

Our first volume of the Ohio Migration Anthology, “Far From Their Eyes,” was a huge success! Check out some of our media coverage and pick up your copy here.

Last year the Columbus Free Press republished a chapter from the first volume…

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If Anti-Trans lawmakers got their way, I might not be alive today

Over half of young trans people have contemplated suicide. Now up to a third of us could lose the care that’s been proven to prevent it.

In states across the country, small-minded lawmakers are pushing cruel, vicious new bills targeting…

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ColumbusMediaInsiderPoliticalOutsider: How Whaley Beats DeWine

In my post-election column, I stated that Nan Whaley, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, had 1 chance out of 10 of defeating incumbent Gov. Mike DeWine in the general election Nov. 8.

It might be worse than that. Morning Consult…

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Radioactive Watershed: Oil and Gas “brine” in Central Ohio

A major hazardous byproduct of oil and gas operations, called “brine,” poses a pressing problem because of its long-term radioactivity and the extreme volumes produced each year.

Billions of gallons of this waste have been injected into…

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